Pipe, cigar, or cigarette holder.



No. 315,443. I I PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906', ,B. A, LEVBTT.

PIPE-CIGAR, 0R CIGARETTE HOLD-ER.

APPLICATION FILED lingual. 1905.

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1 To uihom, it mag concerns Be it known that I, BENJAMIN ing in theborough of Manhattan, city, county,

- 5 and'State of New York, have invented a certainv new and usefulImprovement in Pi e, Clgar, or Cigarette Holders, of which the ol-fllowing is a specification.

M nvention relates one or sinuous-passage of grieater length than andthe rendering of the stem adaptable forattachment'to existing thelatter.

e invention comprises a pipe with a separable stem having a tortuoussmoke.-

I passa e, the sections of which -extend several times through theentire length of the stem, the ends ofthe sections being connected pipeswithout-chang in 0 together by grooves formed-in the ends of the stem.The sides ofthesegrooves are closed by suitable disks of absorbentmaterial, [which disks are'clamped against the ends of the stem. Thesmoke in its journey through- 35 the passa e comes in contact with thoseportions of t e disks which are adjacent to the ooves and theundesirable qualities there-'- y removed, The ends of the assages withinthe stem are coincident wit the longitu- 1 4o dinal center of the stemand oplposite't'o the portions of the passa e'inthe owl portion andmouthpiece, so-that the joints will always register irrespective ofthe'extent'the parts are l'tu'rned while being screwed 1 together.

, I attain the objects of my'invention" by the mechanism illustratedinthe accompanying Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a pipeembodying my invention with the smoke passage shown diagrammatically.

FIE. 2 is a section-of the stem-of the 'pipe, ta en on the lines 272 ofFig.1, Fi 3 is a sectional view of the same, taken on t e lines a topipes of that class- [9 m w oh the stem-is prov1ded with a tortu V astein 1, have in view is the cheapen 3-3qof Fig. 1. Fi 4' a perspectiveview of i I ARTHU LEVETT,'- a citizen of the United States, resid-Fig.51sa.

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longitudinal sectional view o f .a modified form of stem Fi 6'is along1tudin'al sectionalview'of anot er mod fication, showing a differentmeans of attaching the parts toether and applled to a cigar orcigarette.-

older; Fig. 7 is a longitudmals'ecti'on' of a fra mentor a device,showing a modification; andFig. 8 is a longitudinal section of anothermodification;

.In' all the views parts are designated by the same referencecharacters.- I

In carrying out my invention I provideia- Whic material of anylengthor'diameter. To this stem is attached a bowl 2 or cigar orcigarette holder 3, as desired, and a mouthpiece 4, the threeconstituting the-pipe orcigar or cigarette holder.

' As shown in Fig. 1', the parts are connected together by the hollowthreaded couplings 5' and 6. These couplings ordinarily are made of boneor horn and have external screwthreads and a hollow central passage orbore. I These couplingsserve as a means for connectmay be made ofany-suitable ing thearts together andal'so constitute part of t esmoke-passage. Instead of 'bemg made se arate the couplings may be integral with t e parts,- as shown in Fig.- 6, the details of which'willbe described in connectionwithsuch 're. I 1

shown'in g. 1, the two couplings5 and 6-are arran ed in the lon itudinalcentersof the 'stem,t e shank 7 o the bowl, and the.

-mouthpiece 4, as is customary in pipes made of a number of partscoupled together. 7 Thls always insures that the ends of the.

smoke-passage within the stem will register with its .continuations inthe bowl portion Y f wlthatortuoussmoke-passage,whichextends andmouthpiece. Thystem'l is provided back. and forth throughout its lengthseveral times; {As shown in the drawings, this passage is made of anumber of' parts which roo The

extend entirely through thestem and communicate at or adjacent to theends. number-of these. sections should be uneven, as

is obvious, to permit the entrance and. exit to be at opposite ends;but'they can be three, five, seven, or more m'number, three belngshownfor purposes ofillustration. Of these fpassage-sectlon's the section'8connects with the bore of the coupling 5 and runs drag-- onally to theother end of the stem. i The section 9 connects with thecoupling 6 andruns diagonally to the other end of the stem. The two sections aredistinct and do not'communicate'at the crossin -point. The third section,10 runs through om one end of the stem to the other wlthoutcommunicating with the other sections except at the ends. At its endsthe section communicates with the section 9 b means of a groove 12 (seeFig. 4) and at the other end of the stem the section 10 communicateswith the section 8 by a groove 11'. The end of the section 8 adjacent tothe groove 5 1S enlar ed and threaded at 13 for engagement with t ecoupling 5. At the other extremityof the stem the section 9 is enlargedat 14 and threaded for engagement with the coupling 6. The

- which are to be closed.

disk 16.

' tractive.

passage-sections being straight and extendmg entirely through the stemmay be very readily cleaned by any suitable device.

Between the bowl 2 and the stem 1 and surrounding the coupling 5 is adisk 15. Between the stem 1 and the mouthpiece 4 is another disk 16.These disks are preferably formed of absorbent material, of whichblotting-paper is a ood example; but it is not essential that the disksbe so made, as they may be formed of a non-absorbent material, which,however, will not beso desirable. Surrounding the stem adjacent to thedisk 15 is a band or ring 17, and around the stern adjacent to the disk16 is asimilar band or ring 18. These serve to hide and protect theexposed edge of the disk and also render the entire device more at- InFig. 8 the band 18 has a flange 18, which extends inward in contact withone side of the disk.- This flange will serve as a means for retainingthe dlsk in place when the stem is removed from the pipe and will alsoserve as a means for preventing the escape of moisture from the disk orsmokepassage. In coupling the arts together the two disks 15 and 16 arec osely clamped between the stem and the bowl and the stem and themouthpiece, respectivel so that the sides of the grooves 11 12 wil beclosed and smoke will not escape at these points,

. but will be confined to the grooves.

The disks serve threepurposesfirst, to prevent leakage'of smoke andmoisture from the passa es outward; second, to absorb nicotm an( otherinjurious substances from the smoke and also to absorb moisture, and,third, to close the ends of those sections In operationthe smoke passesfrom the bowl 2 through the center of the coupling 5 into the section 8.From there it passes alon the groove 11, such groove forming part 0 thewalls of the passage, the other wall being formed by the The smokeenters the section 10, passes along that to the roove 12, enters thesection 9, and from t iere throu h the coupling 6 into the mouthpiece 4.t will disks may be rotated, so as to be seen that portions of thesmoke-passage have absorbent wallsviz. one side of each of the grooves11 and 12-iormed by the absorbent disks. The smoke will come in contactwith thedisks 15 and 16 and moisture and impurities will be absorbedthereby.- The smoke does not pass through the disks, but alon the faceof the disks and in contact therewit Therefore the smoking qualities ofthe plpe are in no way impaired, as would be the case if the absorbentmaterial were in the passage. The disks may be ti htly pinched betweenthe stem and the bow and mouthpiece, respectively, and leakage at thejoints thereby effectively revented.- The ring fresh portions oppositeto the grooves 11 and 12, and the disks may be removed and new onessubstituted when necessary or desirable. This can be done withoutputting out the fire in the bowl, which is an important advantage.

The stem with the seats for the couplings or the threaded ends and thetortuous passage and grooves in the ends may be made as a separatearticle of manufacture and may be attached to existin pipes byseparating the mouthpiece from -t 1e bowl and introducing the stembetween the two, an additional coupling being provided for this purpose,if necessary. By placing the couplings 5 and 6 in the centrallongitudinal line of the pipe and causin an extremity of the passa e torun through each the device will be sel -centered and the parts may bescrewed together without the need of care being taken to see that theparts be sciewed always the same distance, as is the case where theextremity of the passage is not in the center, where it must be made toregister with the rest of the passage in the bowl portion andmouthpiece, as the case may be.

The device may be modified in many ways, that shown in Fig. 5 havingpassage-sections 19 and 20 and 21 the section 21 bein shown in dottedlines. These sections exten all the way through the stem and are notinclined as in the previous construction. Enlarged chambers 2223,'screw-threaded, as shown, for the attachment of the hollowcouplings, are provided in the ends. 'One of these chambers communicateswith the section 19 by a short diagonal passage 24, the chamber 23communicating with the section 20 by means of another short diagonalpassage 25. The section 19 is shown as commumcatin with the section 21by a groove 26, while t e section 20 communicateswith a section 21 by agroove 27. The ends of the sections 19 and 20 opposite to the rooveswhich connect their other ends wil? be closed by contact with thewashers, and the smoke cannot pass out at these ends. This arrangementwill take the place of plugs or other permanent means of closing thepassage-section. By this construction the openings'are also easilyaccessible, and each one being open through- In the modificationshown inFig. 6 the stem is provided with a screw-threaded ex-z tension 28at'each end. These extensions enfgage with threaded recesses formedwithin this construction the disks are not ex osed 5 plicabillty of thestem'toexisting extremities of the extensions 28 28. Instead p y of thethreaded extenslons being on the stej' I adjacent. to the disks, so thatthey form a v tions, as shown in Fig. 7,; "By this .const'riicthe bowland mouthpiece, respectively, and serve to clamp thedisks 15 16 inplace. The passage-sections 8, 9, and 10 extend tov theithey maybe onthe bowlzor mouthpiece'se tion the passa e-sections can be logatqgfinearer the out'si e of the stem and a greatinumber of sections therebyprovided for; Inf.

from the outside of the pi e, and the ands 17. 18 need not be used; hedisks in every case are provided with a central perforation coincidentwiththe central passage, so that the smoke willpass through theircenters. In the modification shown in Figs. '6 and 7 some of theimpurities of the smokewill be ab-f sorbed by that portion of each disksurroundin the central opening. 7

tom the foregoing description it will be seen that my device isexceedingly cheap to construct1n fact, thecost of ,manufacture will notgreatly exceed the common twopiece pipe. A-great advantage lies theapipes wit out chan e, which makes it posslble to use or not use t edevice in the same pipe;

' Having thus described my invention, ,what "Icl'a1m', and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is+ Y combination with the stem and-mouthpieceI apipe, cigar or cigarette holder, the

and bowl-piece sections, of couplings con necting the, three together,and] disks j clam ed between the stem and mouthpiece" v Owl-piecerespectively, the said" stemand, having a tortuous passage extending'there-,

through, the ends of the stem being notched portion of the walls of thepassages, the said 'dis'ksibeingmade of absorbent material.

2; In a pipe, cigar or cigarette holder, the

combination with the stem and mouthpiece ranged in t e center line ofthe stem; or se-' cur n the parts together, each of such couplings leingso constructed and arranged as to surround a portion of thesmokeassage,'the

said passage being tortuous an 'formed of.

sections extendin several times through the stern, and disks camped'bet'ween the ends of the stem and mouthpiece and bowl-piecesections, the endsof the stem between the sections being notched so thatthe disk will iform the passage.

, a portion of the walls through d d an witnesse and bowlie ce sections,of couplin s ar-y.

